OSCE monitoring on Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line passes without incidents

The latest monitoring on the contact line of the Azerbaijani and Armenian armies has passed without any incidents.

The monitoring was held under the mandate of the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative near the village of Seysulan of Azerbaijan's Terter district Nov. 5, the Azerbaijani defense ministry said Nov. 5.

On the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring was carried out by field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Jiri Aberle and Simon Tiller.

On the opposite side, the monitoring was conducted by field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Hristo Hristov and Evgeny Sharov.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.